The burgeoning pro-democracy, anti-Trump movement known as 50501 expects to drive tens and possibly hundreds of thousands to protest in 1,000 cities and towns on Saturday.
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Mexican Farmers Stand Up to Monsanto
Progressive small farmer organizations in Mexico have scored a victory over transnational corporations that seek to monopolize seed and food patents.
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From Montreal: An Open Letter to the Mainstream Media
This is what Quebec looks like right now: Every night is tear gas and riot cops, but it is also joy, laughter, kindness, togetherness, and beautiful music.
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10 Things Everyone Should Know about Quebec's Student Movement
Summary: Here are ten things you need to know about the student movement in Quebec.
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#Occupied: Reports From the Front Lines
This week in Occupy, thousands swarmed Chicago for the NATO summit, Quebec’s student movement reached a critical mass, Greece remains on the brink and Occupy Wall Street’s librarians are suing the city and the NYPD over the destruction of the People’s Library.
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Hope That We Can Change the World: Russell Brand Visits Occupy Wall Street
Among the many triumphs of the Occupy Wall Street movement is the remarkable sense of occasion that accompanies the phenomenon.
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International Activism Surges Into Summer
Working people across the globe are continuing to feed off of each other's momentum as waves of international protest have strengthened in recent weeks.
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Poem: Do We Fear Change?
How can the young understand/How much we can change/When they haven’t seen it?
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Oligarchy and its Discontents
Most analysts and citizens of Western society suppose that we live in a democracy. But is it really a system where the people rule and its representatives execute the popular will? Or, do we live in an oligarchy disguised as democracy?
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Banking on the People
There is another way to do banking: rather than feeding off the community, banking can feed the community and the local economy. These George Bailey-style banks, now on the rise, base their decisions first and foremost on the needs of people and the environment.
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A Rural California Town Fights Globalization
Showing fierce resistance to Chase Bank and CVS pharmacy, which are attempting to move into this semi-rural Northern California town, Occupy Sebastopol and community groups say it is time to reverse globalization and trumpet re-localization.
